ASA Teachers' Workshop

The ASA Outreach Council organizes an annual teachers' workshop that provides educators with resources, lesson plans, and professional development on topics tailored to specific grade levels, subject areas, and curriculum frameworks. Take a look back at past workshops below.

2024 Annual Workshop: Islam in Africa

The 2024 Annual Teacher's Workshop will take place virtually on Saturday, December 7th. The workshop: Islam in Africa, explores the history of Islam in Africa, architecture along the Gold Road, the diversity of Muslim....(learn more and register.)

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2023 Annual Workshop: Education For Justice

The 2023 Annual Teacher's Workshop took place virtually on Saturday, December 9th. The workshop: Education for Justice: Amplifying Voices when Histories are Silenced explores how African American activism and African anti-imperial movements been...(learn more and view recordings).

2022 Annual Workshop: African Cities Across the Curriculum

The 2022 Annual Teacher's Workshop took place virtually on Saturday, November 12th. Entitled: African Cities Across the Curriculum: People, Power, Knowledge, the workshop invites K-12 teachers to engage with African cities, as a place and a concept...(learn more and view recordings).

2021 Annual Workshop: Designing the Future: African Visions for a Just World

How do we design just and sustainable futures together? Why is it important to center Africa in our thinking about the future and what can we learn from the African experience toward this goal? This year’s ASA Teachers’ Workshop brings the UN Sustainable...(learn more and view recordings)

2020 Annual Workshop: Transnational Solidarities

In a context of global struggles for equity, there is urgency to teach about Africa to bring humanity, agency, and accuracy to students’ understanding of the continent and to establish mutual support toward common issues across the Atlantic...(learn more and view recordings)

2019 Annual Workshop: Co-Hosted by Boston University & Harvard University

The 2019 in-person workshop was co-hosted by the Boston University African Studies Center and the Harvard University Center for African Studies. Sessions were thematically focused on the 1619 Project...(learn more)